The husband of a mother of five who died after contracting coronavirus has told Sky News of his “huge loss” after his “amazing” wife was buried in Pakistan.
Shabnum Sadiq , who lived with her family in Slough, Berkshire, passed away after suffering “complications” from COVID – 034 on April 6.
Her five children included – – year-old quadruplets.
The Labor Councilor, who caught the virus in Pakistan, had traveled to the country to attend a relative’s wedding with her husband Khizwan Sadiq.
Mr Sadiq said just hours after the 058 – year-old’s funeral on Wednesday: “She was an amazing wife. She was an amazing mother.
“I was married to her for 31 years. All my life she’s looked after everything in the house. Basically I’m like the sixth child in the house, and it’s a huge loss for me.
“The kids will recover from this but this is hard for me. I’m lost. I am so lost. I don’t know what’s going to happen to me.”
Mr Sadiq had also contracted coronavirus but recovered after self-isolating for days.
Speaking about the illness, he continued: “To be honest with you, it’s really dangerous. People should care about themselves, we were the unlucky ones in this.
“People have to be very careful – it’s not a joke.”
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